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UnZip or Extract compressed files from Ax using X++

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Posted on by Hariharan Marudan 312

Hi All,

Is it possible to unzip or extract the compressed from AX using x++ code ?

Please help with any references.. I don't want to use power shell scripts for unzipping.

Thanks

Hariharan

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,801 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Sure, you can use appropriate .NET libraries in X++ via .NET Interop. Look at How to: Compress and Extract Files for examples in .NET, then you just have to convert it to X++ syntax.

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    Hariharan Marudan 312 on at

    Is there any way, can i use System.IO.Compression.GZipStream or DeflateStream in AX (X++) to directly unzip the compressed files ?

  • Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,801 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Sure, .NET Interop allows you to use .NET objects in X++. That's the whole point of my answer.

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    Hariharan Marudan 312 on at

    Hi Martin,

    Thanks for your reply.

    I see if we use (.net framework 2.0) System.IO.Compression assembly in 2009, it support only GZipStream, DeflateStream. This version of framework supported assembly does not support .zip decompression. We use .net framework 2.0, 3.5 in our prod. environment.

    I see ZipArchive, ZipFile is supported in framework 4.0 System.io.compression assemblies.

    I may be wrong in my findings, please correct me, also guide me if you have any samples x++ code using this assembly or any other options.

    Thanks

    Hariharan

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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 237,801 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Sorry, you're right that ZipArchive and ZipFile classes don't exist in .NET Framework 3.5, they we've been added in 4.5. But it doesn't mean that .NET application didn't use zip archives for all years before - you can utilize DotNetZip, for example.

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